Is a Preservation Solution for Living Donor Liver Transplantation Needed? Adding a New Chapter in LDLT!

Unlabelled: Preservation solutions are required for organ viability in deceased donor liver transplantation (LT). However, their role in live donor LT (LDLT) has not been standardized.

Methods: Eighty adult recipients who underwent right lobe LDLT at the Department of Liver Transplantation Surgery, Gambat, Pakistan, were studied.

Evaluation of Acacia cyanophylla for their analgesic, anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory potentials.

The present paper presents results of analgesic, antipyretic activity and anti-inflammatory potential of extract obtained from Acacia cyanophylla when tested at different doses. Analgesic potential of the crude methanolic extract tested by acetic acid assay was dose dependent and maximum activity of 61.60% was measured at 400 mg/kg.

Safety of glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficient donors in living right lobe liver donation.

Background: The literature lacks data on World Health Organization (WHO) class II and III deficient liver donors who underwent right hepatectomy during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we compared the perioperative outcomes of 15 glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient living liver donors with a matched cohort of 39 nondeficient living liver donors undergoing right lobe donation.

Results: Out of 15 G6PD deficient donors, four (26.

Challenges of continuation of live liver donor programme during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan: outcomes and lessons learned.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has globally affected healthcare including the transplantation programmes.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively studied the impact of COVID-19 on live liver donor (LLD) programme at liver transplant centre in Gambat, Pakistan. Standard operative procedures (SOPs) including COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab PCR, CT scans, personal protective equipment use, 6-feet distancing were developed for LLD and transplant team to mitigate COVID-19 exposure.

Epidemiological features of cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic in hilly areas of district Karak, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector borne infection caused by flagellated parasitic protozoans of the genus . This is an emergent threat and endemic in areas of tropic and sub-tropics and has a wider geographical distribution. This study was aimed to find the epidemiological aspects of cutaneous leishmaniasis during the recent epidemic in district Karak in 2018-2019.

Anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic and analgesic activities of Tamarix dioica.

Medicinal and aromatic plants contribute to major portion of the flora. The plant materials obtained from these plants are used in the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and drug industries. Tamarix dioica is locally used in the management of splenic and hepatic inflammation as well as diuretic and carminative.